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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1908
Page
3
The passage extols expert handling from grain selection to packing into sacks and barrels. It notes the use of modern milling machinery and proclaims ivory flour as the acme of perfection, asserting grocers rely on such quality.
A dealer advertises lumber that bears no waste and resists shrinking or cracking. The catalog highlights seasoned stock sold by B. C. Godfrey Sons and promises durable buildable timber for customers.
The Connecticut experiment station tested fifty-one clover seed samples sold by Connecticut dealers for weed seeds and sprouting viability. Only one sixth of the seed was fit for use. many samples contained dodder and other weeds, with some samples carrying high weed seed counts and low vitality, highlighting dangers in buying clover seed.
G T Powell of Columbia county conducts experiments on dwarf apple trees in business orchards. He believes shorter trees will be increasingly needed for spraying and harvesting efficiency.
An 18th century Paris firm’s ledgers exhibit luxury court spending under both the Bonapartists and legitimists. Napoleon I’s coronation robe embroidery cost 10,000 francs, while his throne upholstery and embellishments total 53,970 francs. Details include purple velvet drapery with gold lace and bees, blue velvet trimming, and embroidered coat of arms.
Brief items from a 19th or early 20th century page: a playful exchange about an upcoming appendicitis operation as a birthday joke, then small classifieds listing two steam heating boilers for sale, a six room cottage for sale on Beardsley Ave priced at 2800, a plan to tune pianos by Geo Schaff in Elkheart, and money to loan on real estate via The Simpson Abstract Office.
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